Wesel I
112 Wesel I | |
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Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
![]() Wesel I in 2025 | |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Population | 261,500 (2019) |
Electorate | 206,270 (2021) |
Major settlements | Wesel Kamp-Lintfort Voerde |
Area | 884.0 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1949 |
Party | SPD |
Member | Rainer Keller |
Elected | 2021 |
Wesel I is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 112. It is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising most of the district of Wesel.[1]
Wesel I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Rainer Keller of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]
Geography
[edit]Wesel I is located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Wesel district excluding the municipalities of Dinslaken, Moers, and Neukirchen-Vluyn.[1]
History
[edit]Wesel I was created in 1949, then known as Rees – Dinslaken. From 1965 through 1976, it was named Dinslaken. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 27 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 86. From 1965 through 1976, it was number 84. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 82. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 114. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 113. From the 2025 election, it has been number 112.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Rees and Dinslaken. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised the municipalities of Dinslaken, Hamminkeln, Hünxe, Schermbeck, Voerde, Wesel, and Xanten from the district of Wesel. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1949 | 27 | Rees – Dinslaken |
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1953 | 86 | ||
1957 | |||
1961 | |||
1965 | 84 | Dinslaken | |
1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1976 | |||
1980 | 82 | Wesel I |
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1983 | |||
1987 | |||
1990 | |||
1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 114 |
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2005 | |||
2009 | |||
2013 | 113 | ||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | 112 |
Members
[edit]The constituency was first represented by Franz Etzel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1953. He was succeeded by Heinrich Lübke until 1961, Arnold Verhoeven until 1965, and Konrad Kraske until 1969. Udo Hein of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1969 and served a single term; Uwe Jens of the SPD retained the constituency in 1972 and served until 2002. Fellow SPD member Hans-Ulrich Krüger served from then until 2009, when Sabine Weiss of the CDU was elected representative. Rainer Keller was elected for the SPD in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1949 | Franz Etzel | CDU | 35.5 | |
1953 | Heinrich Lübke | CDU | 51.3 | |
1957 | 50.2 | |||
1961 | Arnold Verhoeven | CDU | 44.3 | |
1965 | Konrad Kraske | CDU | 46.8 | |
1969 | Udo Hein | SPD | 50.7 | |
1972 | Uwe Jens | SPD | 59.6 | |
1976 | 55.8 | |||
1980 | 53.5 | |||
1983 | 49.8 | |||
1987 | 51.0 | |||
1990 | 48.5 | |||
1994 | 52.5 | |||
1998 | 57.8 | |||
2002 | Hans-Ulrich Krüger | SPD | 50.0 | |
2005 | 49.0 | |||
2009 | Sabine Weiss | CDU | 38.5 | |
2013 | 43.5 | |||
2017 | 39.0 | |||
2021 | Rainer Keller | SPD | 34.2 |
Election results
[edit]2021 election
[edit]Federal election (2021): Wesel I[3] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
SPD | Rainer Keller | 54,488 | 34.2 | ![]() | 53,277 | 33.4 | ![]() | ||
CDU | ![]() | 47,448 | 29.8 | ![]() | 42,544 | 26.7 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Hans-Peter Weiß | 19,928 | 12.5 | ![]() | 20,629 | 12.9 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Bernd Reuther | 14,452 | 9.1 | ![]() | 17,302 | 10.8 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Holger Raumann | 10,842 | 6.8 | ![]() | 10,994 | 6.9 | ![]() | ||
Left | Sidney Lewandowski | 4,598 | 2.9 | ![]() | 5,103 | 3.2 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 2,468 | 1.5 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | Dirk Zerressen | 3,907 | 2.5 | 2,079 | 1.3 | ![]() | |||
dieBasis | Matthias Moser | 1,999 | 1.2 | 1,444 | 0.9 | ||||
FW | Christian Link | 1,376 | 0.9 | 966 | 0.6 | ![]() | |||
Team Todenhöfer | 629 | 0.4 | |||||||
Pirates | 515 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
LIEBE | 226 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volt | 209 | 0.1 | |||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 205 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
LfK | 162 | 0.1 | |||||||
NPD | 134 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Bündnis C | 92 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 91 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Humanists | 84 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
V-Partei3 | 81 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
du. | 73 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | Wolf-Dieter Rochlitz | 127 | 0.1 | ![]() | 65 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||
53 | 0.0 | ||||||||
LKR | 37 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 19 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
SGP | 16 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,460 | 1,128 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 159,165 | 159,497 | |||||||
Turnout | 160,625 | 77.9 | ![]() | ||||||
SPD gain from CDU | Majority | 7,040 | 4.4 |
2017 election
[edit]Federal election (2017): Wesel I[4] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() | 61,849 | 39.0 | ![]() | 53,623 | 33.7 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Jürgen Preuß | 52,085 | 32.8 | ![]() | 45,627 | 28.7 | ![]() | ||
AfD | Renatus Rieger | 13,615 | 8.6 | ![]() | 14,325 | 9.0 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Bernd Reuther | 12,644 | 8.0 | ![]() | 19,709 | 12.4 | ![]() | ||
Left | Gerd Baßfeld | 9,461 | 6.0 | ![]() | 10,637 | 6.7 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Stefan Meiners | 8,763 | 5.5 | ![]() | 9,743 | 6.1 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 1,223 | 0.8 | |||||||
PARTEI | 1,136 | 0.7 | ![]() | ||||||
Pirates | 664 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||||||
AD-DEMOKRATEN | 405 | 0.3 | |||||||
FW | 380 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
NPD | 361 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 171 | 0.1 | |||||||
DiB | 159 | 0.1 | |||||||
DM | 156 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 148 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 144 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
ÖDP | 142 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
BGE | 132 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | Tufan Aydin | 264 | 0.2 | 121 | 0.1 | ![]() | |||
Die Humanisten | 71 | 0.0 | |||||||
DKP | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||
SGP | 10 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,663 | 1,245 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 158,681 | 159,098 | |||||||
Turnout | 160,344 | 77.4 | ![]() | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 9,764 | 6.2 | ![]() |
2013 election
[edit]Federal election (2013): Wesel I[5] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | ![]() | 66,172 | 43.5 | ![]() | 59,970 | 39.3 | ![]() | ||
SPD | Hans-Ulrich Krüger | 59,709 | 39.2 | ![]() | 53,249 | 34.9 | ![]() | ||
Left | Sascha Wagner | 7,527 | 4.9 | ![]() | 9,091 | 6.0 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Tom Wagener | 7,489 | 4.9 | ![]() | 9,780 | 6.4 | ![]() | ||
AfD | 4,510 | 3.0 | 5,678 | 3.7 | |||||
Pirates | Manfred Schramm | 3,567 | 2.3 | 3,154 | 2.1 | ![]() | |||
FDP | Thomas Heiske | 2,781 | 1.8 | ![]() | 7,224 | 4.7 | ![]() | ||
NPD | 1,646 | 1.1 | ![]() | ||||||
PARTEI | 643 | 0.4 | |||||||
PRO | 346 | 0.2 | |||||||
FW | 295 | 0.2 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 256 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
RRP | 490 | 0.3 | 243 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||
REP | 229 | 0.2 | ![]() | ||||||
Nichtwahler | 179 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 158 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
Party of Reason | 116 | 0.1 | |||||||
BIG | 84 | 0.1 | |||||||
Die Rechte | 39 | 0.0 | |||||||
MLPD | 36 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
PSG | 28 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 25 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,736 | 1,512 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 152,245 | 152,469 | |||||||
Turnout | 153,981 | 74.2 | ![]() | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 6,463 | 4.3 | ![]() |
2009 election
[edit]Federal election (2009): Wesel I[6] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Sabine Weiss | 57,576 | 38.5 | ![]() | 49,564 | 33.1 | ![]() | ||
SPD | ![]() | 57,225 | 38.3 | ![]() | 48,139 | 32.2 | ![]() | ||
Left | Norbert Segerath | 11,071 | 7.4 | ![]() | 12,676 | 8.5 | ![]() | ||
FDP | Thomas Heiske | 10,624 | 7.1 | ![]() | 19,441 | 13.0 | ![]() | ||
Greens | Holger Mrosek | 9,873 | 6.6 | ![]() | 12,853 | 8.6 | ![]() | ||
Pirates | 2,336 | 1.6 | |||||||
NPD | Daniel Krug | 1,569 | 1.0 | ![]() | 1,323 | 0.9 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 969 | 0.6 | ![]() | ||||||
FAMILIE | Heiner Christinck | 1,583 | 1.1 | 923 | 0.6 | ![]() | |||
RENTNER | 446 | 0.3 | |||||||
REP | 395 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||||||
RRP | 187 | 0.1 | |||||||
ÖDP | 114 | 0.1 | |||||||
Volksabstimmung | 97 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
DVU | 87 | 0.1 | |||||||
Centre | 86 | 0.1 | ![]() | ||||||
MLPD | 30 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
BüSo | 28 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
PSG | 15 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,740 | 1,553 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 149,521 | 149,708 | |||||||
Turnout | 149,521 | 72.9 | ![]() | ||||||
CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 351 | 0.2 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Wesel I". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Wesel I". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Wesel I
- ^ Results for Wesel I
- ^ Results for Wesel I
- ^ Results for Wesel I